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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2023
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hidenari Kanehara, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihiro Sato, Osaka, JP;
Takayoshi Yamada, Hyogo, JP;
Akio Nakajun, Toyama, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes a counter electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer that converts light into a signal charge, a plurality of sets of electrodes each of which collects the signal charge, each of the plurality of sets including a first electrode included in a high-sensitivity pixel and a second electrode included in a low-sensitivity pixel, and an auxiliary electrode which is located, as seen in plan view, between the first electrode and the second electrode in each of the plurality of sets and which is commonly included in the high-sensitivity pixel and the low-sensitivity pixel. The distance between the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode is different from the distance between the second electrode and the auxiliary electrode.